Eyeglass-mounting.



G. R. HABE. EYEGLASS MOUNTING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1911.

. 1,008,540. Patented Nov. m 1911.

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EYEGLASS-MDUNTING.

Application filed May 16, 1911. Serial No. 627,502.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. HABE, a citizen of the United States, residing Aat the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglass-Mountings, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

My invention relates to eyeglass `mountings or frames, and the object of my invention is'to obtain a mounting of simple construction and inexpensive of manufacture in which the joined parts will not loosen but will maintain their original rigid relation; a common fault of eyeglasses as usually constructed being the frequent annoying loosenin of the parts and sometimes their separation and loss. My invention is moreparticularly applicable to that type oiA mounting in which the lenssupporting posts, a connecting bow or spring, `and glass-retaining nose-engagingl guards are formed of separate pieces scoured together.l

My invention includes a post provided at its inner end with a box having a recess extending longitudinally of the post and opening at the inner end of the post, the spring or bow and the guard havin corresponding outturned projections whic are of equal dimensions and lie alongside one another such as the spring projection above and the guard projection below, and together fit being provided for firmly holding'these projections inthe box, such as a pin passing vertically through the box andthrough the contained projections of the bow and the guard, these projections in one effective coniiat and rectangular, the recess in the box being of corresponding rectangular shape and the box being oii'set rearwardly from the post, to present a smooth outward apthe joint strengthened by providing a .lug at the front of the post projecting longitudinally therefrom at the front of and in contact with the forward edges of the bow and guard and constituting a part of my invention.

My invention also inc tudes other features of construction and combinations of parts, as will hereinafter appe: ,r.

I shall now describe the mounting illusspecification of Lettersratent. Patent d Nov. 14, 1911.

trated in the accompanying drawings and embodying my inventi( n and shall thereafter point out my inve ation in claims.

Figure 1 is a front e evation of the post and guard, a part of the spring and a part of one lens of a pair oi eyeglasses. Fig. 2 is a partial rear elevatioii of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged partial i ear elevation partly in vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspectivf view of the right half of the mounting lo )king from the rear and inwardly. Fig. 5 is asimilar view of the parts at and in imn. ediate proximity to the joint with the spring and` guard separated from the lens-sup porting post. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5V but looking from the rear and outw trd instead of from the rear and inward, as in Figs. 11 and 5.

Because of the fact 2hat the eye-glasses illustrated in the drawii lgs are symmetrical from side to side, that 'is from right to left it is only necessary to sh ow one side thereof, and accordingly the t onstruction at the right side only (adjacent to the right eye of the wearer) of such glasses is shown and described herein, it bein g understood that a similar construction is e mployed also at the left side.

In the construction ill istrated, a lens-supporting post 1 supports a lens 2 (shown as partly broken away in F igs. 1, 2 and 3) in a usual manner at the ou 3er end of the post. At its inner end the pos i 1 is provided with a rectangularly and lon gitudinally recessed box 1a offset Vrearwardly from the post and opening at the inner enl of the post to the full extent of the recess and opening also partially to the extent )f the recess at the rear of the post and (utwardly from the box. The inner end oi the post 1 is also provided with alug 1b which `projects longitudinally inwardly be fond the box at the front off the post,formii lg acontinuation of.

tion of the forwardl wall of the recess in the box 1.

A bridge or bow is provided and is shown as a spring bow 3, substantially the right half only of this part appearing in the drawings. A guard 4 is provided and is shown as of recurved spring construction. In the mounting shown, the spring bow 3 approaches the inner end of the post l from ,above, and the spring guard 4 approaches from below. The spring bow 3 has an outturned fiat rectangular end projection 3a wider than the adjacent vertical portion of the bow and offset rearwardly therefrom. At such offset the bow 3 has an upwardly vextending fia-nge 3b of the same width as the oii'set. The guard 4 has an outturned fiat rectangular end projection 4a of the same width and length as the projection 3a of the bow and also shown as of the same width as the adjacent portion o-f the guard 4. The projections 3a and 4a are adapted to lie alongside of and in 'contact with one another, as more particularly shown in Figs. 5 and 6, with the projection 3a above and the projection 4a below; and these projections are together adapted to enter and fill the outwardly-opening longitudinal recess in the box 1a of the post- 1, as particularly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. When the projections 3a and 4a are thus contained in the box l, the forward edges of the bow 3 and of the guard 4 abut against the rear surface of the lug l", thereby formin a stronger and more rigid joint. Ihe nge 3b fits a ainst` lthe inner end o-f the box la, being o a height flush with the upper surface thereof, and strengthens the bow 3 at the point of the junction of the projection 3, besides adding to the -finish of the mounting.

A retaining pin 5 passes vertically through the box 1P' and through the contained projections 3a and 4aL and firmly locks these parts together. This pinis shown as hav ing at its lower end a slightly reduced screwthreaded portion engageable with corresponding screw-threads in the lower wall of the box l, a-nd as also having a slightly enlarged slotted upper end.

By reason of the construction above described the parts are firmly and rigidly locked together, without lost motion` or liability to loosen. The opening outwardly of the box 1a at the rear of the post, permits the use of a tool to force the mounting apart, and also permits the full length of the box l 'to be utilized for the reception of the projections 3a and 4a of the bow 3 and guard 4, respectively.

It is obvious that various modificati-ons may be made in the construction shown in the drawings and above particularly de- --scribed within the principle and scope of having therein a recess o en at the inner end of the post and closed a ove and below and at the front and at the rear, a bow having an outturned end entering the box, a guard having an outturned end entering the box alongside of the bow end, and a retaining pin passing transversely through the box and engaging the bow end and the guard end to lock togetherjthe post and the bow and the guard.

2. An eyeglass mounting comprising a post provided at its'inner end with a box having therein a horizontally flattened rectangular recess opening at the inner end of the post, a bow having a horizontally flattened outturned end fitting the upper side of the recess, a guard having a similar flattened outturned end fitting the lower side of the recess below and alongside of the bow end, and a vertical retaining pin passing through the box and its contents to thereby lock together the post and the bow and the guard.

3. An eyeglass mounting comprising a p Ost provided at its inner end with a box offset rearwardly from the post and having therein a rectangular recess opening at the inner end of the post, the post also being provided with a lug projecting longitudinally inwardly beyond the box at the front of the post and with the rear side of the lug in alinement with and forming a continuag tion of the forward wall of the recess, a bow abutting at its forward edge against the lug and having an outturned flat end fitting into the recess, a guard also abutting at its forward edge against the lu and having a similar outturned flat end tting into the recess alongside of the bow end, and retaining means for holding the ends of the bow and guard in the recess.

4. An eyeglass mounting comprising a post provided at its inner end with a box offset rearwardly from the post and having therein a rectangular recess opening at the inner end4 of the post and extending longitudinally through the box and also opening outwardly of the box at the rear of the post, the post also being provided with a lug projecting longitudinally inwardly beyond the box at the front of the post and with the forming a continuation of the forward wall of the recess, a bow approaching the inner end of the post from above and abutting at rear side of the lug in alinement with and its forward edge against the lug and having an outturned Hat end wider than the adjacent portion of the spring and to that extent offset rearwardly therefrom, such outturned end fitting into the recess, the bow also having an upwardly turned flange inward of the outturned end and rearward from the adjacent narrower part of the spring, such fiange being of uniform width with the rearward offset of the outturned end and being of a height flush with the upper surface of the box, a guard having a part approachn the inner end of the post from `below an also abutting at its forward edge against the inwardly projecting lug at the front of the post and having an outturned flat end fitting into the recess below and alongside of the bow end and being of the same width, and retaining means for GEORGI; R. HABE;

Witnesses BERNARD CoWEN, .t HARRY LEWIS.

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